COVID-19: US President Joe Biden announces new vaccine mandates amid surge

The US President has put forward a six-point initiative to boost vaccinations, improve access to testing and make Covid-19 treatments more widely available.

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new vaccine requirements, which may affect about 100 million Americans, as part of a new action plan to curb the surging Covid-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. "While America is in much better shape than it was seven months ago when I took office, I need to tell you a second fact, we`re in the tough stretch and it could last for a while," said Biden, speaking from the White House on Thursday. The US President has put forward a six-point initiative to boost vaccinations, improve access to testing and make Covid-19 treatments more widely available, reported Xinhua news agency.